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| The Decemberists | Picaresque | 2005 |
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| Destroyer |
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| Midlake |
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| The New Pornographers | Twin Cinema | 2005 |
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| Sufjan Stevens | Illinois | 2005 |
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| Wilco |
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| Wolf Parade |
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